What’s behind Cuba’s ongoing vitality disaster?

The lights are turning again on in Cuba after a serious energy plant failure plunged your entire nation into darkness final week. While nearly all of energy has been restored, the blackout is serving as a reminder of the nation’s persistent vitality issues. Christopher Hernandez-Roy, deputy director of the Americas program on the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins CBS News to try a number of the core causes for Cuba’s ongoing vitality disaster, and what must be carried out to unravel the difficulty.

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